English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 681:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Tear?

  Options:
  A) dare
  B) care
  C) here
  D) wear
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 682:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):

  After listening to the statement from two students, the headmaster realized that it was a trivial argument that _____ a serious quarrel between them

  Options:
  A) touched in
  B) drew up
  C) touched off
  D) brought up
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 683:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  It is you that __________ to write the letter

  Options:
  A) is suppose
  B) is supposed
  C) are suppose
  D) are supposed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 684: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The athlete has unexpectedly become indomitable? Options:
  A) weak
  B) disoriented
  C) unruly
  D) unconquerable
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 685: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. The police are looking for the woman who farmed her children out to her neighbours. Options:
  A) The police wanted the woman for allowing her children to destroy her neighbour's crops.
  B) The woman and her children are in the habit of working in neighbour's farms and the police are not well disposed to this
  C) The police may arrest the woman for allowing her heighbours to take care of her children.
  D) The woman may be arrested for allowing her children to be a nuisance to her neighbours
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 686:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  The answers to the questions were discussed _____ the students

  Options:
  A) between
  B) by
  C) for
  D) to
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 687:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s).:

  You can never find Okwu; he is a very _____ person

  Options:
  A) delusive
  B) elusive
  C) illusive
  D) deceptive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 688:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  In the novel, we learnt that

  Options:
  A) it pays to be diligent and hardworking
  B) beauty without character is nothing
  C) love and companionship are a no-go-area for teenagers
  D) one should follow the propagation of the media
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 689:

  Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  A citizen in a democracy can _____ the law if he or she wants to correct an injustice.

  Options:
  A) turn up
  B) bring out
  C) bring up
  D) turn to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 690:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  Her problem was exacerbated by the loss of her father.

  Options:
  A) exaggerated
  B) solved
  C) aggravated
  D) infuriated
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  The correct answer is C .